AN ACT
To consolidate into one Act, and to simplify and make more uniform, the laws administered by the Veterans' Administration
relating to compensation, pension, hospitalization, and burial benefits, and to consolidate into one Act the laws pertaining
to the administration of the laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.
Section 101 | 411 | 434 | 435 | 2202

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act, divided into titles and sections according to the following Table of Contents, may be cited as the "Veterans'
Benefits Act of 1957".

TITLE I—GENERAL

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 101.

For the purposes of this Act—

(10) The term "Indian Wars" means the campaigns, engagements, and expeditions of the United States military forces against
Indian tribes or nations, service in which has been recognized heretofore as pensionable service.

TITLE IV—PENSION FOR NON-SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OR DEATH, OR FOR SERVICE

PART B—VETERANS' PENSIONSSUBPART I—SERVICE PENSION

INDIAN WAR VETERANS

SEC. 411.

(a) The Administrator shall pay to each veteran of the Indian Wars who meets the service requirements of this section a pension
at the following monthly rate:

(1) $101.59; or
(2) $135.45 if the veteran is in need of regular aid and attendance.

(b) A veteran meets the service requirements of this section if he served in one of the Indian Wars—

(1) for thirty days or more; or
(2) for the duration of such Indian War;
in any military organization, whether or not such service was the result of regular muster into the service of the United
States, if such service was under the authority or by the approval of the United States or any State or Territory.

PART C—PENSIONS TO WIDOWS AND CHILDRENSUBPART I—WARS BEFORE WORLD WAR I

WIDOWS OF INDIAN WAR VETERANS

SEC. 434.

(a) The Administrator shall pay to the widow of each Indian War veteran who met the service requirements of section 411 a
pension at the following monthly rate:

(1) $40.64 if she is below seventy years of age; or
(2) $54.18 if she is seventy years of age or older; unless she was the wife of the veteran during his service in one of the
Indian Wars, in which case the monthly rate shall be $67.73.

(b) If there is a child of the veteran, the rate of pension paid to the widow under subsection (a) shall be increased by $8.13
per month for each such child.

(c) No pension shall be paid to a widow of a veteran under this section unless she was married to him—

(1) before March 4, 1917; or
(2) for ten or more years.

CHILDREN OF INDIAN WAR VETERANS

SEC. 435.

Whenever there is no widow entitled to pension under section 434, the Administrator shall pay to the children of each Indian
War veteran who met the service requirements of section 411 a pension at the monthly rate of $48.77 for one child, plus $8.13
for each additional child, with the total amount equally divided.